Ribbon-needle



(No Model.)

, G. P. HATHAWAY.

RIBBON NEEDLE.

No. 445,316 Patented JanEZ'Y, 1891.

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CAROLINE F. HATHAIVAY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

RIBBON NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,316, dated January 27, 1891. Application filed July 31,1890. Serial No. 360,518x (N0 model.)

To all whom it hwy concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLINE F. HATHA- WAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ribbon-Needles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a needle from plate material having a series of eyes extending at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the needle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of a needle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is also a face view in which a ril' bon has been passed through the eyes of the needle. Fig. 3 is a lengthwise section of the needle, showing the manner of threading the same with a ribbon. Fig. 4 is a representation of a piece of fabric, showing the application of my improved needle.

In the manufacture of myimproved needle I prefer to use light spring-plate. material having its point 1 blunt and rounding, as shown in the drawings. The eye end of the needle is provided with an eye 2, which extends crosswise, or at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the needle, and in this instance I have provided the needle with a series of such eyes for a purpose which I will now explain.

In the make-up of fancy work in which ribbon is employed I use my needle for drawing the ribbon through the meshes of the fabric, as shown at Fig. a. One end of the ribbon is passed up through the outer eye, down through the center eye, up through the inner eye, and down through the outer eye, as shown at Fig. 3. This manner of threading the needle insures a fast connection with the ribbon.

The needles are made of various sizes, and a needle is selected which has an eye the width of the ribbon intended to be used, which will allow the ribbon to lie flat in its connection with the needle, and as the ribbon is drawn through the meshes of the fabric it will lie flat and smooth.

I claim as my invention A ribbon-needle comprising a substantially flat strip of material tapering toa point at its outer end and having a series of eyes at its inner end extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the needle, its side edges being regular in form, substantially as set forth.

CAROLINE F. HATHAWAY.

Witnesses A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL. 

